distance

distance /'distəns/
  • danh từ
    • khoảng cách, tầm xa
      • beyond striking distance: quá tầm với tay đánh được
      • beyond listening distance: quá tầm nghe thấy được
      • within striking distance: trong tầm tay đánh được
      • within listening distance: trong tầm nghe thấy được
    • khoảng (thời gian)
      • at this distance of time: vào khoảng thời gian đó
      • the distance between two events: khoảng thời gian giữa hai sự việc
    • quãng đường; (thể dục,thể thao) quãng đường chạy đua (dài 240 iat)
      • to go part of the distance on foot: đi bộ một phần quãng đường
      • to hit the distance: (thể dục,thể thao) chạy đua một quãng đường
    • nơi xa, đằng xa, phía xa
      • in the distance: ở đằng xa
      • from the distance: từ đằng xa
    • thái độ cách biệt, thái độ xa cách; sự cách biệt, sự xa cách
      • to keep one's distance: giữ thái độ cách biệt
      • to keep someone at a distance: không cho ai lại gần; giữ thái độ xa cách đối với ai
    • (hội họa) cảnh xa (của một bức hoạ)
    • (âm nhạc) khoảng cách (giữa hai nốt)
    • ngoại động từ
      • để ở xa, đặt ở xa
      • làm xa ra; làm dường như ở xa
      • bỏ xa (trong cuộc chạy đua, cuộc thi...)

    o   khoảng cách

    §   angular distance : khoảng cách góc

    §   branking distance : khoảng cách hãm

    §   cartographic distance : khoảng cách trên bản đồ

    §   curve time distance : đường cong ghi tốc độ (truyền sống động đất)

    §   epicentral distance : khoảng cách tâm ngoài (động đất)

    §   inclined distance : khoảng cách nghiêng

    §   shot detector distance : khoảng cách máy tách sóng nổ, khoảng cách máy báo nổ

    §   shot point distance : khoảng cách điểm nổ

    §   sight distance : khoảng cách ngắm, khoảng cách nhìn

    §   skidding distance : khoảng cách trượt

    §   stadia distance : khoảng cách (đến) mia

    §   stopping distance : khoảng cách hãm

    §   zenith distance : khoảng cách thiên đỉnh

    Từ điển chuyên ngành Thể thao: Điền kinh

    Distance

    Khoảng cách, cự ly

    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): distance, distance, distant, distantly

    Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): distance, distance, distant, distantly

    Xem thêm: length, aloofness, space, outdistance, outstrip



    distance

    Từ điển Collocation

    distance noun

    1 amount of space between two points

    ADJ. appreciable, considerable, enormous, fair, good, great, huge, large, long, vast The town is a considerable distance from the coast. It's quite a good distance to the nearest village. The people travel vast distances to find food. | short, small | reasonable | certain, given | average, mean the average distance covered during pursuits by cheetahs | equal | maximum, minimum | optimum | correct, right | exact | full | extra | fixed | finite, infinite | careful, comfortable, convenient, discreet, respectful, safe The cat sat and watched us from a safe distance. | braking, stopping Allow for greater braking distances when pulling a loaded trailer. | geographical, physical These immigrants face problems of geographical distance and cultural isolation.

    VERB + DISTANCE cover, fly, go, travel, walk The young birds were soon flying distances of 200 feet or more.

    (figurative) Nobody thought he would last 15 rounds but he went the full distance. | keep I kept a comfortable distance behind the van. | determine, measure | gauge, judge It is very difficult to judge distances in the desert.

    DISTANCE + NOUN runner, running a long-distance runner

    PREP. at a ~ (from/of) When launching a kick it is essential to be at the correct distance from your opponent. The town is situated at a distance of twenty miles from Oxford. She followed them at a discreet distance. | from a ~ (of) Visitors can only view the painting from a distance of three metres. | over a ~ (of) The sound can be heard over a distance of more than five miles. | within a ~ children living within a certain distance of the school | ~ away from The house is a short distance away from the bus station. | ~ between What's the distance between London and Edinburgh? | ~ from, ~ to the distance from our house to the school

    PHRASES a … distance ahead, away, apart, etc. A bomb exploded some distance away. | within commuting/driving/strolling/travelling/wal distance The shops are within walking distance. | within hailing/shouting/sniffing/spitting/striking/ distance The cat was now within striking distance of the duck.

    (figurative) We came within spitting distance of winning the cup.

    2 point a long way away/being far away

    ADJ. far, middle I could just see the hills in the far distance. | blue (literary) The moors stretched away into the blue distance (= the sky).

    DISTANCE + NOUN learning The Open University offers a wide range of distance learning programmes. | vision to have good distance vision

    PREP. at a ~ At a distance it is difficult to make out the detail on the building. | from a ~ We admired the palace from a distance. | in the ~ In the distance was a small village.

    3 not being too closely involved

    ADJ. critical, professional | emotional, psychological, social

    VERB + DISTANCE keep, maintain She was warned to keep her distance from Charles if she didn't want to get hurt. Sociologists must maintain critical distance from the ideas of society at any particular time.

    PREP. ~ from He felt a sense of distance from the others.

    PHRASES a sense of distance

    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • the property created by the space between two objects or points
    • a distant region

      I could see it in the distance

    • size of the gap between two places; length

      the distance from New York to Chicago

      he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points

    • indifference by personal withdrawal; aloofness

      emotional distance

    • the interval between two times; space

      the distance from birth to death

      it all happened in the space of 10 minutes

    • a remote point in time

      if that happens it will be at some distance in the future

      at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details

      v.

    • keep at a distance

      we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living

    • go far ahead of; outdistance, outstrip

      He outdistanced the other runners

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    distances|distanced|distancing
    syn.: extent length reach remoteness space